As we are gearing up for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, expect to see a format change that will be done for the first in the history of this event. Winners of 7 categories will be doing LIVE on-stage interviews after they accept their award.

Expect these correspondents to conduct the interviews in their respective categories:

Giada De Laurentiis  Outstanding Supporting Actor and Actress

Sheryl Underwood  Outstanding Lead Actor

Julie Chen  Outstanding Lead Actress

Sam Champion  Outstanding Talk Show Host/Outstanding Game Show Host

A.J. Hammer  Outstanding Culinary Host

Also, HLN has released the full list of presenters for the award telecast, and what categories they are presenting. Here is the full list below:

The 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on HLN this Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 8 PM ET LIVE from the Beverly Hilton in California. Sam Champion, A.J. Hammer, and Robin Meade serve as hosts of this years telecast.

What do you think of the new format? Are you happy to see who is presenting this year?